Domaine Font de Courtedune
Located in the Southern Rhone, Domaine Font de Courtedune has been a family estate for three generations. Perhaps the most profound statement is being made today by the current generation, Caroline and Frédéric Charrier. Inspired in part by the success of their highly acclaimed neighbour, Chateau Rayas, the family decided in 1998 to discontinue its practice of selling grapes to the cooperative and to build their own family label. A new cellar was built and vigneron Caroline now sees herself as a steward of the land, eschewing harsh farming practices in the vineyard and crafting her wines exclusively with whole-cluster fermentation and native yeasts. The wines are aged only in concrete vessels or neutral oak, and finally bottled un-fined and unfiltered. The result are wines of immense finesse, great freshness and balance, and an almost crunchy texture.
The Domaine covers just 3,5 hectares in AOC Chateauneuf du Pape, 4 ha. in Côtes du Rhône Village and 10 ha. in Côtes du Rhone. The Domaine’s vines are quite old (in particular, one ha. in Chateauneuf du Pape is over 90 yrs old) and the average age of vines 50 years.
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Domaine Font de Courtedune Chateauneuf du Pape 2021
The Charrier family purchased their farm at the eastern edge of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation in 1943. Until 1998 they delivered their grapes to the cooperative, but a new vision was established that year by the next generation, when brother and sister Caroline and Frédéric Charrier decided to produce and bottle their own wines. Today, Caroline handles the wine making while Frederic attends to the vineyards. Their estate vineyards are distinguished by sandy soils which give the wines fine tannins and great elegance. The end results are wines of distinct freshness, vibrancy and balance. The name Courtedune is a derivation from the French word Courthézon or “sand dune”.
$74.95